Objective #1: to become
familiar with important works of art. Students met this objective through slide
IDs.

Exam #1: 90%Exam
#2: 92%
Exam #3: 90%Exam #4:
93%

Objective #2: to develop
the ability to analyze the formal properties of works of art. Students met this
objective through various short answer questions.

Exam #1: 82%Exam
#2: 86%Exam
#3: 87%Exam #4: 84%

Objective #3: to develop
an understanding of the relation of art to its social context. Students met
this objective through various short answer questions.

Exam #1: 61%Exam
#2: 84%Exam
#3: 78%Exam #4:
81%

The studentsŐ
performances in all areas were fairly steady and pretty good. The one dramatic
dip in performance (regarding objective #3 on exam #1) had to do with a
particularly difficult question that I had never used before on an exam. Now
that I have a better idea of how students misconstrued the question and
misinterpreted the ideas necessary to answer it correctly, I can adjust the way
I teach and review those ideas.